Puzzle for October 6, 2006

In 2003, Senato Orin Hatch said he wanted copyright holders to be able to
use special-purpose hardware to prevent piracy.
The following paragraph is quoted from the PoliTech mailing list, and
is dated June 19, 2003, at 10:12AM

Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-UT, said he was drafting legislation to require
devices in PCs permitting the destruction of hardware used for
widescale copyright infringement by sending a secret command to the
remote computer. A copyright holder would be required to offer two
warnings before the “kill switch” was activated and the computer
destroyed or permanently disabled, Hatch said.

What are the arguments in favor of Sen. Hatch's proposal?

What are the arguments against Sen. Hatch's proposal?

If this proposal had been adopted, what safeguards should be put into place
to prevent unauthorized activation of the “kill switch”?